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{Stephanie} The inspiration for this recipe came to me while I was watching the movie It’s Complicated, when Meryl Streep makes her lavender-honey ice cream. Of course, the idea only came after spending countless hours daydreaming of her fabulous kitchen (I want her marble countertops!) and her even more beautiful bakery. The movie’s california inspired bakery is big and spacious, white and warm… basically designed just the way I would have mine! A girl can dream…

This yummy ice cream is also the perfect transition between our featured flavours for the month of May – flowers – and the month of June which showcases all things honey.

Please note that this recipe is made using an ice cream maker (mine is a Cuisinart) so make sure that before starting the process, you put the bowl in the freezer, ready to make your ice cream.

Pour cream mixture through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth into a bowl and discard lavender. Return mixture to saucepan and heat over moderate heat until hot.

Whisk together eggs yolks, sugar and salt until light and fluffy (3-5 min), then add 1 cup of hot cream mixture into the eggs in a slow stream, whisking. Pour back egg mixture into remaining hot cream mixture in saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on thermometer, about 5 minutes (do not let boil).

Pour custard through sieve into cleaned bowl and let cool.

Once cooled pour into the ice cream maker bowl and start the machine. Let machine work for about 20 to 25 minutes.